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the u.s. should seek a buyer and containment of the human investment. postscript the general assembly and appendages by and large are hostile to the united states, wasteful, will basically seek any resources can attempt to use them. but there are numbers to particular institutions of the u.n., a quasi-independent body was branded it the u.n. they generally speaking have a chance which receive a little bit of funding from the main u.n. budget, but is on voluntary front funded by governments that look what they're doing in the u.s. has a long pattern of trying to look for the ones that were passed. ineffectiveness both, i am encouraging the u.s. to look to the ones that are most affected. when they say bio, that's a little bit issue this, essentially saying fund them in notes on these other things. this is all voluntary, so you can't arouse the controversy that refusing to pay u.n. dues status. in large part is finding in any case. this is what european allies do all the time. they try and ident
the u.s. should seek a buyer and containment of the human investment. postscript the general assembly and appendages by and large are hostile to the united states, wasteful, will basically seek any resources can attempt to use them. but there are numbers to particular institutions of the u.n., a quasi-independent body was branded it the u.n. they generally speaking have a chance which receive a little bit of funding from the main u.n. budget, but is on voluntary front funded by governments that...
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from the u.s. standpoint much of what they want to do is not just wasteful and not just -- a lot of things they would like to see go forward or things the u.s. general assembly would like to see forward. we are willing to cover for their members from a standpoint, from any standpoint this way. in the nature of such a body. they tend to be that the worse you are, the more that you have an incentive to want to be in the leadership of an organization that might somehow say things about you. >> guest: . it protects them and then it creates protection for them and their friends. >> in your book living in the u.n., you write that the u.s. should simply buy out of the u.n. networks and in containment of the u.n. meltdown. what do you mean? >> what i mean by that is that the general assembly and its appendage by and large are hostile to the united states, wasteful and will basically seek any resources that attempt to use them in ways that are either wasteful. but the institutions of the u.n., the kind of c
from the u.s. standpoint much of what they want to do is not just wasteful and not just -- a lot of things they would like to see go forward or things the u.s. general assembly would like to see forward. we are willing to cover for their members from a standpoint, from any standpoint this way. in the nature of such a body. they tend to be that the worse you are, the more that you have an incentive to want to be in the leadership of an organization that might somehow say things about you....
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the u.s. and what the u.s. government's role has been in insuring that they come into this country, all right? and this evening we are pleased to be joined by two drug policy experts as well. its fellow sanho tree and colette that youngers. and without further ado, i want to hand it over to the panel. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much foring out here. -- for coming out here. i'm really excited. i just came in from new york. it's great to be here. i'm going to start off by talking about my book, and then we're going to go into a little bit about which focus is on coca and coca policy and then we'll get into how that's relevant especially this week and what's going on at the u.n. and the history of the tree that, basically, prohibits coca around the world. my book actually started out as a children's book. um, it started out as a follow-up to a children's book i did about marijuana back in 2004-2005. it wasn't a book about teaching kids how to smoke wield, but it was rather an education
the u.s. and what the u.s. government's role has been in insuring that they come into this country, all right? and this evening we are pleased to be joined by two drug policy experts as well. its fellow sanho tree and colette that youngers. and without further ado, i want to hand it over to the panel. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much foring out here. -- for coming out here. i'm really excited. i just came in from new york. it's great to be here. i'm going to start off by talking...
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so, we look at the u.s.-mexico border as exhibit a today of out of control borders and the need to regain control of emigration, secure the border first before we can do it all. immigration reform. a stalling tactic, but it also shows a gross disregard and ignorance of history. after all, by any historical standard america's borders are far more secure, far more controlled, park far more surveiled, monitored, police, and so on today than ever afford american history by a long shot, especially the u.s.-mexico border. and as much as we focus on the u.s.-mexico border, you can look back not too far in history to show that the u.s.-canada border actually plays just an important, if not more important role in illicit trade of the decade him over the centuries. as i mentioned, is starting with the war of 1812. just for to prohibition. the true ones are crossing was just as much of a smuggling superhighway as to help us so yesterday. how quickly we forget. all the finger-pointing, but actually back then there was a
so, we look at the u.s.-mexico border as exhibit a today of out of control borders and the need to regain control of emigration, secure the border first before we can do it all. immigration reform. a stalling tactic, but it also shows a gross disregard and ignorance of history. after all, by any historical standard america's borders are far more secure, far more controlled, park far more surveiled, monitored, police, and so on today than ever afford american history by a long shot, especially...
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in the u.s. to us recall that the other side and as a child i also thought [speaking in spanish] was the other side of the map. so i thought that's where the u.s. west, on the other side of this nonsense. >> host: when did you come to the u.s. and why? >> guest: i came to the u.s. when i was nine and a half years old back in 1985 and the reason why i.t. was because my parents were already here. my father left when i was too, my mother came anonymous one and a half and my father came back to mexico. he thought we weren't taking care of by the relatives we are left with and decided to release her because he changed his mind about coming back to mexico and decided we should join him here in the u.s. >> host: how did you get to the other side? >> guest: i had to run a lot. we had to cross the border illegally through tijuana. also the first two times we got caught by border patrol, my father was hesitant to bring me at first because i was nine and half of the time many thought it was too little for t
in the u.s. to us recall that the other side and as a child i also thought [speaking in spanish] was the other side of the map. so i thought that's where the u.s. west, on the other side of this nonsense. >> host: when did you come to the u.s. and why? >> guest: i came to the u.s. when i was nine and a half years old back in 1985 and the reason why i.t. was because my parents were already here. my father left when i was too, my mother came anonymous one and a half and my father came...
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[inaudible] excluded u.s. citizens when -- >> that's got to be their opening salvo. >> i don't think the admiral's going to want to tell the judges they handle it that way. >> [inaudible] >> that's a waste of time. look, we have very little facts in the case. they're so sensitive that we don't even get them -- [inaudible] my responsibility. >> who made you first chair? >> the admiral mentioned my name. >> so? >> all right. i'll tell you what, we'll flip for it. >> okay. >> call it. >> heads. yeah, but -- [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> well, that, that's one of many, many dramatic representations of the military commission's project at guantanamo, and one thing that we learn from it is that the people involved are extraordinarily good looking. [laughter] it's actually from the television show "jag" which no longer is on the air, but it would take its storylines from cases, mainly military cases that took place, and that episode, called "tribunal," actually aired in april of 2002. so president bush iss
[inaudible] excluded u.s. citizens when -- >> that's got to be their opening salvo. >> i don't think the admiral's going to want to tell the judges they handle it that way. >> [inaudible] >> that's a waste of time. look, we have very little facts in the case. they're so sensitive that we don't even get them -- [inaudible] my responsibility. >> who made you first chair? >> the admiral mentioned my name. >> so? >> all right. i'll tell you what,...
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the first is what happens with the u.s. leaves? if the u.s. leaves. and the second is, dot taliban want to negotiate? and for both of those questions, i think the chapter in this book, you know, it's useful in this regard. and there's a lot in there. the longest chapter, probably? but i'm going focus on the elements which speak directly to the two issues. and so after 2000, you know, they were routed and, you know, left in shame and defeat and the people of afghanistan welcomed that for the most part. al qaeda, if you would call it at the time, awent to pakistan and declared jihad and at the time watching this from afar i assumed the taliban had a essentially had the same position. that they were -- with the foreign occupiers. it was only after peter asked me to study kandahar and kandahar insurgency and going to kandahar and gap with what is going on there and i cam to a different conclusion than i originally thought. in short, after 2001, the taliban quit essentially. they had quit wholesale. and what, i mean, by that. the taliban -- the people who
the first is what happens with the u.s. leaves? if the u.s. leaves. and the second is, dot taliban want to negotiate? and for both of those questions, i think the chapter in this book, you know, it's useful in this regard. and there's a lot in there. the longest chapter, probably? but i'm going focus on the elements which speak directly to the two issues. and so after 2000, you know, they were routed and, you know, left in shame and defeat and the people of afghanistan welcomed that for the...
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we have many u.s. allies scattered across the second and world in latin america and other places that are close allies on many things. yet in the u.n. they will continually vote with the large third world blocks against us on all sorts of things. that's partly because they perceive a value in kind of a stance which puts pressure on the united states to take account of them to sort of take them seriously as a nay sayer can only talk. but talk has some not a lot of influence. and second, because we, for our part, the united states does not feel that it's worth extracting through pressure or -- [inaudible] in their real place per se. in the capital city. and the diplomacy with them and real life with them. in substance of how they behave at the u.n. we don't think the u.n. is that important. we don't wind up forcing them to take account of our positions on things many of which matter us. at least in the general assembly. we don't think it's worth the price we have to pay and the real world relationship wi
we have many u.s. allies scattered across the second and world in latin america and other places that are close allies on many things. yet in the u.n. they will continually vote with the large third world blocks against us on all sorts of things. that's partly because they perceive a value in kind of a stance which puts pressure on the united states to take account of them to sort of take them seriously as a nay sayer can only talk. but talk has some not a lot of influence. and second, because...
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. >> host: ambassador to bases u.s. attacking their own personal try for their government? >> guest: you raised the third factor, with united states, the tribes now of the central government with a triangle of conflict that is the conflict said is often overlooked. would you include the central government than you know, it has its own relationship for some benefit and it is troubled earth these jurors south africa and asia you find this. if it is tolerant and open to give citizens the right they deserve to freedom or education but if it surprised -- suppresses but you have problems where you see the of brutalization and gadaffi with the triumphs saw the pattern exist and we looked at 40 case studies it is a global study of what is going on in the world. >> host: take pakistan and walked us through the different tribes. >> it is the essential piece of the study because waziristan is one of the most targeted places on earth. one of them most high and the tribal places an onerous never completely conquered it is part of pakistan but they maintain their own dependence with prid
. >> host: ambassador to bases u.s. attacking their own personal try for their government? >> guest: you raised the third factor, with united states, the tribes now of the central government with a triangle of conflict that is the conflict said is often overlooked. would you include the central government than you know, it has its own relationship for some benefit and it is troubled earth these jurors south africa and asia you find this. if it is tolerant and open to give citizens...
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former commander of u.s. forces recounts the major turning point in his thirty-four year military career which ended in 2010. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much, thanks for coming out. wonderful opportunity, the gentleman sitting next to me is kind of a big deal. for anyone who is -- pays attention to american foreign policy and military affairs you know that ever since the attacks on this country on 9/11 the united states has had to evolve militarily and in the intelligence community to meet the challenge of this new enemy and more than anyone i can think of, general mcchrystal has been responsible for shaping the evolution and developing what i call the targeting engine which is what we adopted as the primary method of defending the country. thank you for being here, great to see you. >> thanks for two kind introduction. i thought of you as a nonfiction writer but you have gone into fiction now. >> you were the commander of special operations in iraq and afghanistan and there have been
former commander of u.s. forces recounts the major turning point in his thirty-four year military career which ended in 2010. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much, thanks for coming out. wonderful opportunity, the gentleman sitting next to me is kind of a big deal. for anyone who is -- pays attention to american foreign policy and military affairs you know that ever since the attacks on this country on 9/11 the united states has had to evolve militarily and in the...
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your second question was -- >> host: u.s. role in the killing of moammar gadhafi. >> guest: well, i think that was unfortunate. that -- i never believed or never wanted to send the u.s. military in to south africa to write wrongs. i thought that would have been a mistake there, and i thought it was a mistake in libya. i don't think that's a way to build democracy. and anytime you create the downfall of either a tyrant or a democrat through undemocratic military means, you find the restoration of order and tranquility a very difficult thing to accomplish. and so the problems follow you in those cases. now, we may stop covering these things, but that doesn't mean that they're not very difficult and troubling consequences that follow on the heels of these kinds of enterprises. i think that was a mistake to do what we did in libya. and the way he was executed and the thought that we might bear some responsibility for that was more than unfortunate. >> host: and, finally, the political situation in ghana. >> guest: well, kwame was
your second question was -- >> host: u.s. role in the killing of moammar gadhafi. >> guest: well, i think that was unfortunate. that -- i never believed or never wanted to send the u.s. military in to south africa to write wrongs. i thought that would have been a mistake there, and i thought it was a mistake in libya. i don't think that's a way to build democracy. and anytime you create the downfall of either a tyrant or a democrat through undemocratic military means, you find the...
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in the u.s. that we don't rely on oral memory. instead, we look at the answers in a book or we googled it. more than any incident in all my years working on the island, that story of that old blind and lame woman made me appreciate the overwhelming importance of the knowledge of older people throughout human history. before there was writing and non-literary traditional societies where a knowledge of older people spell the difference between life and death to their entire society. those then are the ways in which older people are useful in traditional societies. their usefulness varies among traditional societies, and then she beats to variations in the society's treatment of the elderly. the other set of reasons for variation in treatment of the elderly is the society's cultural values, which varies somewhat independently of the usefulness of the elderly. for example, among large societies that have centralized governments for thousands of years, there is a particular emphasis on respect for the elderly in east asia associated wi
in the u.s. that we don't rely on oral memory. instead, we look at the answers in a book or we googled it. more than any incident in all my years working on the island, that story of that old blind and lame woman made me appreciate the overwhelming importance of the knowledge of older people throughout human history. before there was writing and non-literary traditional societies where a knowledge of older people spell the difference between life and death to their entire society. those then...
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u.s., but what he most loathed about the u.s. was our treatment of older people. he almost shouted at me indignantly, you americans throw away your older people. those were his words. by that, he meant that most old people in the u.s. in up living separately from their children and separately from most of their friends of earlier years in separate retirement homes for the elderly. in fiji and other traditional societies older people, instead live out there lives among the children, another load to other relatives and lifelong friends. the treatment of the elderly varies enormously among societies, for much worse to much better than in our modern societies. at the worst extreme, many traditional societies get rid of their elderly in one of five increasingly direct ways. the most indirect effort to get rid of the elderly is just to neglect them and not to feed them or clean them until they die. the second method is to abandon them when the group moves on. the third method is to encourage older people to commit suicide. a fourth, mo
u.s., but what he most loathed about the u.s. was our treatment of older people. he almost shouted at me indignantly, you americans throw away your older people. those were his words. by that, he meant that most old people in the u.s. in up living separately from their children and separately from most of their friends of earlier years in separate retirement homes for the elderly. in fiji and other traditional societies older people, instead live out there lives among the children, another load...
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u.s. government's role has been in ensuring that they come into this country. this evening, we are pleased to be joined by two drug policy experts as well. without further ado, i would like to hand it over to the panel. [applause] >> thank you so much for coming out here. i am so excited. it is great to be here in new york. i'm going to start off by talking about my book, and then we will go into what focuses this week and what is going on with the u.n. that basically prohibits this around the world. back in 2004 and 2005, i did a book about marijuana. it wasn't about how to smoke weed, but an educational book about how they might talk to their kids about a difficult subject. so that is why the format is kind of like an illustrated picture book. as i started looking into there are families that are involved in the policy to eradicate coca, as well as family and social economic issues. the history of coca, especially with the relationships of cocaine and the coca-cola company, and the drug
u.s. government's role has been in ensuring that they come into this country. this evening, we are pleased to be joined by two drug policy experts as well. without further ado, i would like to hand it over to the panel. [applause] >> thank you so much for coming out here. i am so excited. it is great to be here in new york. i'm going to start off by talking about my book, and then we will go into what focuses this week and what is going on with the u.n. that basically prohibits this...
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it was during the clinton administration after the u.s. joint the wto that the very controversial 1996 farm bill passed. that is a legislation that completely did away with the remaining new deal protections and it deregulating what had already begun in the 1950s and stopped all government intervention in commodity markets and eliminated all the final -- of the programs like the grain reserve and the most immediate result after that bill passed, those of you who are old enough, it was called freedom farm:farmers quickly started calling it freedom to failed. the most immediate result of the legislation was the dramatic increase in the production of commodities. all of the programs that kept the marginal land out of production which is really good for the environment were now being planted from fence row to fence row. by 1999 the price of corn was 50% above 1996 levels. fifty% below 1996 levels and full was down 41% and farmesoy was down 41% and farmers were in major economic distress. lobbying and policymakers didn't address these problems
it was during the clinton administration after the u.s. joint the wto that the very controversial 1996 farm bill passed. that is a legislation that completely did away with the remaining new deal protections and it deregulating what had already begun in the 1950s and stopped all government intervention in commodity markets and eliminated all the final -- of the programs like the grain reserve and the most immediate result after that bill passed, those of you who are old enough, it was called...
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i dunno it may exist the student exchanges the u.s. brings them here on the state department jurors and i met a young man who had been very conservative confessed to beating up his brother for listening to music he was of sharia law graduate and came on line in an illegal tour of the u.s. and a complete lee changed his mind. it was the first time i ever knew that a woman could have her head uncovered and not be a or. they have so many misconceptions like we do with them my first dinner with the imam family was very tense and his mother, his wife and six sisters and they basically asked me do you ever see your mother? they had this idea that american women are walking around if not half dressed in office and paying no attention to their parents or children. overtime they got past that but i am a big fan of exchanges in both directions but i do not know what they are doing to encourage people. i don't think they encourage the average person to visit saudi arabia for. >> my impression the brand of islam practiced is more conservative than
i dunno it may exist the student exchanges the u.s. brings them here on the state department jurors and i met a young man who had been very conservative confessed to beating up his brother for listening to music he was of sharia law graduate and came on line in an illegal tour of the u.s. and a complete lee changed his mind. it was the first time i ever knew that a woman could have her head uncovered and not be a or. they have so many misconceptions like we do with them my first dinner with the...
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but they were amped up on a vision of something that preconceptions about the u.s. if you let torture become a policy. that's what happens. you mobilize it and increase the foe and moblize it. any information you get, in any view is less valuable than the cost of getting it. >> i can ask you a thousand more questions. aisle share the wealth. we are -- this is on television. so we have a speakers. so wait for them to give them to you before ask a question. okay. i'll start with my friend rubin. get in the pushup position. [laughter] >> you have said and written that feel drones alone is an insufficient policy. i wonder if you would talk about why you feel that, and also, given the we are i areness in the -- weariness in the united of the afghan conflict, and the ineptness and corruption of the afghan government, what do you think is the most effective thing we could do and should do after 2014? >> sure. first, i think that unmanned aerial vehicles or drones, as we know them, are important. they are good for american defense and let us do things we couldn't otherwise
but they were amped up on a vision of something that preconceptions about the u.s. if you let torture become a policy. that's what happens. you mobilize it and increase the foe and moblize it. any information you get, in any view is less valuable than the cost of getting it. >> i can ask you a thousand more questions. aisle share the wealth. we are -- this is on television. so we have a speakers. so wait for them to give them to you before ask a question. okay. i'll start with my friend...
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and if are talking about organic, it's difficult to verify in the u.s. that organic products are meeting the standards. so we can imagine how this is happening in places like china. >> up next,
and if are talking about organic, it's difficult to verify in the u.s. that organic products are meeting the standards. so we can imagine how this is happening in places like china. >> up next,
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so we look at the u.s.-mexico border, exhibit eight about a control borders to secure the border first before we can move it all forward and immigration reform. it shows a gross disregard to the ignorance of history. after all, america's borders are far more secure, far more surveilled, monitored, policed and so on, especially the u.s.-mexico border. it's an old story. as much as they focus on the border, we can look back to show the u.s. canada border play just as important if not more important in illicit trade over the decades. as i mentioned, the war of 1812 and password to prohibition. today's treatments are crossing was just as much of a smuggling superhighway as far as impasto is today. back then there is a lot of finger pointing north. in fact, it was almost official to tax the tree so they could facilitate the moving of alcohol across the river, pretending they were going to cuba and signing paperwork, looking the other way. i've taken my time in a shared. i let my colleagues let me know how much t
so we look at the u.s.-mexico border, exhibit eight about a control borders to secure the border first before we can move it all forward and immigration reform. it shows a gross disregard to the ignorance of history. after all, america's borders are far more secure, far more surveilled, monitored, policed and so on, especially the u.s.-mexico border. it's an old story. as much as they focus on the border, we can look back to show the u.s. canada border play just as important if not more...
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and along the way the u.s. army and marine corps, i think, in the past decade have become perhaps the finest insurgency source. what these ncos and officers are able to do in the field is mind-boggling to get the effects that they want. they're incredibly good at doing this kind of stuff which is a lot harder than just laying down a lot of general precepts. you actually have to apply those precepts to a specific cultural context. and they understand that cultural concept in a way they did not at the beginning of the war. my concern is what's going to happen now that we're out of iraq, we're about to get out of afghanistan. i hear a lot of people in the army saying, whoo, thank goodness that's over with, we never want to do that again, let's get back to -- well, there's no red army anymore, but we'll fight somebody like the red army if they would be obliging enough to come out and let us whack them. [laughter] well, you know, i wish there were more leaders out there as stupid as saddam hussein, but i am concerne
and along the way the u.s. army and marine corps, i think, in the past decade have become perhaps the finest insurgency source. what these ncos and officers are able to do in the field is mind-boggling to get the effects that they want. they're incredibly good at doing this kind of stuff which is a lot harder than just laying down a lot of general precepts. you actually have to apply those precepts to a specific cultural context. and they understand that cultural concept in a way they did not...
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sitting in that chamber the u.s. house of representatives, listening to a heated debate, we asked that question about our republican colleagues. we usually thought the answer was no, but if so, they were phenomenally good actors. their arguments made no sense to us. such well-known phrases as tax cuts paid for themselves. we will be welcomed as liberators. climate change is improving and government-run health care does not work. repeated over and over again. republican arguments along these lines seem incomprehensible to democrats, just as ours seemed misguided to them. the evidence that medical tests made no difference to them. free-market principles that they took as given conflicted with the information that we took every day from our constituents, and the economists that we consulted. news media preoccupation with lack of stability makes -- missed the point. i traveled of republican members of congress to the middle east and enjoy their company. we worked out together in the house gym. still, more time socializin
sitting in that chamber the u.s. house of representatives, listening to a heated debate, we asked that question about our republican colleagues. we usually thought the answer was no, but if so, they were phenomenally good actors. their arguments made no sense to us. such well-known phrases as tax cuts paid for themselves. we will be welcomed as liberators. climate change is improving and government-run health care does not work. repeated over and over again. republican arguments along these...
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starting in the u.s. capitol, i needed my goal to find out what the african-american history of the national mall and this book is the result. i'm going to take a few minutes here today to talk about some of the things i discovered not only about the national mall, but about washington, d.c. as a city. some things i open interest you and media insider you to go out and find some of this history for yourself. so, i'm going to be at the mercy of technology here and see if i can get this to work. one of the first things i did when researching this book was to look at washington, d.c. as a whole. for years and years and years, washington, d.c. was a majority african-american city. i think the numbers are changing right now. but for a long time, washington, d.c. was an african-american majority city. so the question came to me. there are hundreds of statues in the city limits of washington, d.c. sitting on public property. some of these statutes had to be of african-americans i just knew. so i started looking
starting in the u.s. capitol, i needed my goal to find out what the african-american history of the national mall and this book is the result. i'm going to take a few minutes here today to talk about some of the things i discovered not only about the national mall, but about washington, d.c. as a city. some things i open interest you and media insider you to go out and find some of this history for yourself. so, i'm going to be at the mercy of technology here and see if i can get this to work....
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the u.s., that question nagged at me a little bit, and i took out my computer, and i started outlining a better answer, and that ended up becoming something of an obsession. a couple years after that, it turned out that that outline had some value in the real world. i had co-founded an investment company called generation investment management, with my partner, david blood. i wanted to call it blood and gore, but -- [laughter] i hope you won't think less of me when i tell you that i really did want to call it that. [laughter] we used this outline as one of the inputs for our investment models, and it has worked pretty well, and then a couple years ago, it had grown to be so elaborate, i decided to turn it into a book, and i had a scoping exercise with some of the smartest people i could find who spent two days trying to sort of look over the horizon and help to get all of this in speer specktive, and i asked one of them at the start of it, kind of an emotional question, how do you feel about t
the u.s., that question nagged at me a little bit, and i took out my computer, and i started outlining a better answer, and that ended up becoming something of an obsession. a couple years after that, it turned out that that outline had some value in the real world. i had co-founded an investment company called generation investment management, with my partner, david blood. i wanted to call it blood and gore, but -- [laughter] i hope you won't think less of me when i tell you that i really did...
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the u.s. fair use law is the one that is most flexible and most adaptable to new circumstances and in the way most abstract. it basically says the descent into an different and you're only taking as much as is appropriate, go ahead and make new cultures. practice what happens in many commercial businesses, including publishing an international film coproduction and distribution is if it is in the u.s. outcome is usually just about everywhere. one of the reasons that's true with other nations do not have statutory damages for which her great big fines and casey made a mistake it goes far beyond the cost. so in other places, there just isn't much of a financial motivation to really go after people unless they're actually stealing. go at us as interesting as places that have not had fair use are increasingly looking at fair use system and they want to adopt. the united kingdom is probably the latest and most vivid example because they believe they are stopping innovation unless they loosen not th
the u.s. fair use law is the one that is most flexible and most adaptable to new circumstances and in the way most abstract. it basically says the descent into an different and you're only taking as much as is appropriate, go ahead and make new cultures. practice what happens in many commercial businesses, including publishing an international film coproduction and distribution is if it is in the u.s. outcome is usually just about everywhere. one of the reasons that's true with other nations do...
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there were for example no u.s. troops in saudi arabia in 1990 or any formal pledge to defend the kingdom or kuwait. in fact on the eve of the iraqi invasion as the tensions in the region grew, american policymakers put to each of the state's the idea that perhaps this would be a joint exercise. let's show saddam that we are in this together. only one of the united arab emirates even agreed to this limited demonstration of the solidarity. they feared more than some of the backlash with what they routinely called the great state. and in fact, saddam hussein directly told the united states ambassador before the invasion, quote, she felt secure, secure in the belief that no government would ever allow the united states to lose for that purpose defending kuwait. why was he so secure in his belief? for two reasons. first because in his view the muslim states would reject the troops on their soil, and second, because in the practical terms, none of them to date had ever done so since 1979. of course iran had, but that was
there were for example no u.s. troops in saudi arabia in 1990 or any formal pledge to defend the kingdom or kuwait. in fact on the eve of the iraqi invasion as the tensions in the region grew, american policymakers put to each of the state's the idea that perhaps this would be a joint exercise. let's show saddam that we are in this together. only one of the united arab emirates even agreed to this limited demonstration of the solidarity. they feared more than some of the backlash with what they...
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in addition, deal than the u.s. government cannot massive deficits is because the federal reserve's ability to play funny. today the federal reserve couldn't print money. no time at interest rates with me. i don't think the u.s. could -- and would not be creditworthy if you couldn't print money. that creates a huge temptation for politicians. republicans and democrats. i don't think whether disciplined fiscal policy until monetary policy. the recent financial crisis. in the late 1990s, early 2000, alan greenspan had been there long time, wanted to be a hero. he was getting ready to retire for having the minor correction. greenspan was going to be good note, so he starts lowering interest rates, the effect to printing money. it creates negative real interest rate. so you can borrow dramatically less than the appreciation rate of housing, which incentive a huge investment house in which a prayer at such low interest rates. in right at the end of his term, greenspan realizes he's screwed up and he and his successors to
in addition, deal than the u.s. government cannot massive deficits is because the federal reserve's ability to play funny. today the federal reserve couldn't print money. no time at interest rates with me. i don't think the u.s. could -- and would not be creditworthy if you couldn't print money. that creates a huge temptation for politicians. republicans and democrats. i don't think whether disciplined fiscal policy until monetary policy. the recent financial crisis. in the late 1990s, early...
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so we had to convince the u.s. treasury to support the imf. but he putting reforms, and he told the people, told the people of turkey, look, you have to take this austerity but we will lead you to growth, and he did. look where turkey is, after that. so i just used these three examples. one in the middle east, one in latin america, one in asia where they be able to do this. and this is an example of leadership to do what's necessary. i mean, n. korea, we've got this done in a couple of months, and four months later, they were raising -- $5 billion in international markets. because they just took a decision and went at it. >> a lot of the things you're talking about, the leadership, political leadership, timing, and the banking union, gave the banks back into lending and the fiscal pact in those components on that part. just as an aside, in talking about another country, russia. you know, russia desperately wants to reproduce itself to the rest of the world. and not in some of the main it has been. they get this opportunity with the g20 coming
so we had to convince the u.s. treasury to support the imf. but he putting reforms, and he told the people, told the people of turkey, look, you have to take this austerity but we will lead you to growth, and he did. look where turkey is, after that. so i just used these three examples. one in the middle east, one in latin america, one in asia where they be able to do this. and this is an example of leadership to do what's necessary. i mean, n. korea, we've got this done in a couple of months,...
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the general, ahead of the u.s. military response quote the hotel montana at one time had 16 alone because of the number of people trapped there. the places were ordinary, schools, stores, homes and offices, many with equally gasping numbers aside, got far less attention to today's after the quake one hell over from hotel montana cnn's ivan watson watched a team of haitian rescuers tried to free an 11 year-old girl whose legs were pinned under concrete. they could reach her but they didn't have equipment to get her out the that every child can grossly with powdered concrete wailed. without blood for transfusion, they have petitioned would kill there. washington his voice shaking until the anger in atlanta on individual there's a hotel, a lot of foreigners were staying at. they are there are dozens of americans and rescuers their working to rescue at least one woman named sarah who is trapped within it hard raintree screen from the rubble stops them cold but it was international attention, she died of her injuries. t
the general, ahead of the u.s. military response quote the hotel montana at one time had 16 alone because of the number of people trapped there. the places were ordinary, schools, stores, homes and offices, many with equally gasping numbers aside, got far less attention to today's after the quake one hell over from hotel montana cnn's ivan watson watched a team of haitian rescuers tried to free an 11 year-old girl whose legs were pinned under concrete. they could reach her but they didn't have...
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this week we're at the u.s. navel academy in maryland. joining us is aaron oh connell who is also the authority of this book "underdog: the making of the modern ma marine corps.." what was it established? >>1775. but the birthday is something of a myth. the marines claim 10, november, 1775. that's actually just the date that congress authorized the creation of the marine corps. .. it's a very small part of the navy. the burning cars completely separate from the navy now. >> they are completely her. this became contentious throughout the course history. they would claim they should follow the rules of the navy. when they shared the regulation of the army and eventually in 1832 they became a separate service inside. >> host: had their mission change? guests at the mission to change so much. there midship urged into the 20 century, but there were some in the jack of all trades. they would do other traits, most often as landing parties and the navy with 10 flavors and marines, investor of the 20th century he took on a variety of mission in ha
this week we're at the u.s. navel academy in maryland. joining us is aaron oh connell who is also the authority of this book "underdog: the making of the modern ma marine corps.." what was it established? >>1775. but the birthday is something of a myth. the marines claim 10, november, 1775. that's actually just the date that congress authorized the creation of the marine corps. .. it's a very small part of the navy. the burning cars completely separate from the navy now....
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u.s. soldiers swear at us constantly, saying f.-u, their arrogance sickenes us. they don't care about civilian casualties. they pee all over, right in front of civilians, including females. >> guest: peter, quote what the american soldiers said. >> host: this is what the americans thought of the afghan forces. they are turds. i we're better off without them. i don't trust locals. i would never like to admit that iraqis are smarter but they're einsteins compared to afghans. these guys only seem to care about their own tribes. >> guest: back to the tribes. they're right. so, you see how interesting. this is an american survey conducted in washington. and this gives us an insight into two allies. remember, these or two sets of soldiers who are working together. shoulder-to-shoulder, whose job should be to protect each other, who have nothing but obvious contempt for each could that's alarming. because after a decade, if you're not able to make friends, in the very people who you invested billions of dollars, the americans have spent all this money trying to build up
u.s. soldiers swear at us constantly, saying f.-u, their arrogance sickenes us. they don't care about civilian casualties. they pee all over, right in front of civilians, including females. >> guest: peter, quote what the american soldiers said. >> host: this is what the americans thought of the afghan forces. they are turds. i we're better off without them. i don't trust locals. i would never like to admit that iraqis are smarter but they're einsteins compared to afghans. these...
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by that, he meant that most old people in the u.s. end up living separately from their children and separately from most of their friends of their earlier years. and there are separate retirement homes for the elderly. in fiji, and another traditional society, all of the people live out their lives among their children to their other relatives and the like. nevertheless present a vendor elderly, very traditional in societies, many get rid of their elderly in one of increasing we direct ways. most indirect method to get rid of the elderly is just to neglect them and not to feed them or clean them until they die. the second method is to a random when the group moves on. the third method is to encourage all the people to commit suicide. a fourth direct method is to kill all the people with their own cooperation. among the people of have to new guinea, a woman whose husband has died, asked elders come strangle her. the fifth and most direct method to get rid of the elderly is to kill them without their consensual cooperation. in what trib
by that, he meant that most old people in the u.s. end up living separately from their children and separately from most of their friends of their earlier years. and there are separate retirement homes for the elderly. in fiji, and another traditional society, all of the people live out their lives among their children to their other relatives and the like. nevertheless present a vendor elderly, very traditional in societies, many get rid of their elderly in one of increasing we direct ways....
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the u.s. justice department conclude the pricing method eliminated competition in the ebook markets. all publishers denied accusations of illegal activity but three went through with the state settlement. harpercollins 19 million and simon & schuster about $17 million. the justice department has concluded its review and approved a merger of publishers random house and penguin without conditions. the united states is the first country to approve the merger with the review still in progress in europe and canada. the publishers say they expect the merger to be closed later this year. according to the u.s. census bureau book sales for the year 2012 decreased by .5%. that is the smallest decline in years. the bureau reports that book sales were $15.21 billion last year, which is slightly less than the 15.28 billion in sales recorded in 2011. stay up-to-date on breaking news about authors. booings and publishing by liking us on facebook at facebook.com slash booktv or follow us on twitter at booktv.
the u.s. justice department conclude the pricing method eliminated competition in the ebook markets. all publishers denied accusations of illegal activity but three went through with the state settlement. harpercollins 19 million and simon & schuster about $17 million. the justice department has concluded its review and approved a merger of publishers random house and penguin without conditions. the united states is the first country to approve the merger with the review still in progress...
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churchill wisely took u.s. ambassador avril herriman with him to show the allies were united in this important strategic decision. after a full day of meetings, stalin invited churchill to the kremlin for a good-bye dinner, and what a dinner that was. just the two men and their interpreters serving themselves, no servants, in the kremlin. a full banquet, enough for 30 people, topped off -- pardon the pun -- with a pig's head. stalin opened his penknife, cleaned out the head, scraped out a piece of meat which he then offered to churchill on the end of his knife. churchill politely refused, not able to show his disgust to his new ally but commenting later to his doctor that the food was fillny. filthy. that's a quote. no matter, churchill got what he wanted, stalin agreed to the allied strategy. let me spend a few minutes on what i mean when i say that churchill's attention to detail was stunning. he designed the table at his country home chartwell. it was to be round and six feet in diameter. he told his wife to
churchill wisely took u.s. ambassador avril herriman with him to show the allies were united in this important strategic decision. after a full day of meetings, stalin invited churchill to the kremlin for a good-bye dinner, and what a dinner that was. just the two men and their interpreters serving themselves, no servants, in the kremlin. a full banquet, enough for 30 people, topped off -- pardon the pun -- with a pig's head. stalin opened his penknife, cleaned out the head, scraped out a piece...
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in 2009, president barack obama nominated and the u.s. senate confirmed sonia sotomayor as the 111th justice of the u.s. supreme court. i give you sonia sotomayor. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause]) [applause] >> after i got to washington in 2009, i met a whole bunch of texans from everywhere in this large state and i have been repeatedly invited to visit. and you know when you get a new job you are a little busy. and so i have been been able to calm, but it's a tribute to the warmth of the people i met them that has been confirmed in the few hours that i have been here already. that this is the third city on my tour. i was first in washington, my new home. i went back to the home of my heart, new york, over the weekend and as you saw on television i was back and forth a lot. [laughter] and this is my first trip outside. i am delighted. this is my first trip to texas and i am here in houston. [applause] i wanted to visit more than one city and i'm going to austin but i got to replace that i want to. i still have a day job and i
in 2009, president barack obama nominated and the u.s. senate confirmed sonia sotomayor as the 111th justice of the u.s. supreme court. i give you sonia sotomayor. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause]) [applause] >> after i got to washington in 2009, i met a whole bunch of texans from everywhere in this large state and i have been repeatedly invited to visit. and you know when you get a new job you are a little busy. and so i have been been able to calm, but it's a tribute to the...
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. >> in 1989, the u.s. supreme court ruled that the basic form of fundraising, the fixed donation was not an income tax to lie down. in october 1993, evidently it has been alleged independently of the exempt organization of the irs, which are really give tax exemption, overruled the u.s. supreme court and gave them that tax deduction. how in the world can the irs overrule his judgment of the u.s. supreme court? >> are obviously better qualified to answer that than i am. would make is that exemption, they also were to the church the power to determine which of its own entities are tax exempt. i have been seeking that power myself. hubbard wrote innumerable novels. those of us are tax exempt. they have nothing to do with the church of scripture, but according to the irs is capacious judgment given to the church. all of that falls under the jurisdiction of religious literature. >> before he disappeared, indicated publicly they had spent $1 instigating the irs before that was given. who follows up on some unlik
. >> in 1989, the u.s. supreme court ruled that the basic form of fundraising, the fixed donation was not an income tax to lie down. in october 1993, evidently it has been alleged independently of the exempt organization of the irs, which are really give tax exemption, overruled the u.s. supreme court and gave them that tax deduction. how in the world can the irs overrule his judgment of the u.s. supreme court? >> are obviously better qualified to answer that than i am. would make...
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the u.s. supreme court upheld life sentences for first-time drug offenders against an eighth amendment challenge that such sentences were cruel and unusual in violation of the eighth amendment, and the u.s. supreme court said, no, no, it's not cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a young man to life in imprisonment for a first-time drug offense even though virtually no other country in the world because such a thing. so we've got to end this idea that the criminals are them, not us. and instead say there but for the grace of god go i. all of us have made mistakes in our lives, taken wrong turns. but only some of us have been required to pay for those mistakes for the rest of our lives. in fact, president barack obama himself has admitted to more than a little bit of drug use in his lifetime. he's admitted to using marijuana and cocaine in his youth. and if he hadn't been raised by white grand parents in hawaii, if he hadn't done much of his illegal drug use on predominantly white college c
the u.s. supreme court upheld life sentences for first-time drug offenders against an eighth amendment challenge that such sentences were cruel and unusual in violation of the eighth amendment, and the u.s. supreme court said, no, no, it's not cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a young man to life in imprisonment for a first-time drug offense even though virtually no other country in the world because such a thing. so we've got to end this idea that the criminals are them, not us. and...
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in the u.s. district court for the southern district of new york. and the finalists have been announced for the book prizes. the book prizes are broken into ten categories including biography, current interest, fiction, history, science and technology. among the finalists are jake tapper, robert caro and katherine boo. the winners will be announced on april 9th, that's the night before the l.a. times festival of books. for the entire list of finalists, go to l.a. times come. stay up-to-date on breaking news about authors, books and publishing by liking us on facebook at facebook.com/booktv or follow us on twitter @booktv. visit our web site, book tv.org, and click on news about books. >> we don't know whether franklin roosevelt ever heard about florence greenberg's unprecedented call for health care as a right, because even though he had endorsed the conference, he chose that time to go on vacation. fdr was actually on a cruise. i guess we can't really blame him, um, point a pretty well-deserved
in the u.s. district court for the southern district of new york. and the finalists have been announced for the book prizes. the book prizes are broken into ten categories including biography, current interest, fiction, history, science and technology. among the finalists are jake tapper, robert caro and katherine boo. the winners will be announced on april 9th, that's the night before the l.a. times festival of books. for the entire list of finalists, go to l.a. times come. stay up-to-date on...
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the u.s. did nothing. the u.n. did nothing. the mayor, the council and the citizens of los angeles did that and it's very different. in new york it's also not transportation. we don't compare it to places like phoenix and san diego used cars the way they do in the west. but here, the bulk of the carbon emissions come from buildings, poorly insulated, old, dark attracting the sun. so here the mayor has initiated a crucial round of trying to get better insulation in old buildings that are insulated new buildings, more efficient air conditioning, more efficient heating, change the oil from number six to four it may be the natural gas maybe eventually to alternative energy contant the rooms white and again by the local municipal law and the local cable production and private public partnerships if you can begin to actually make an impact that's measurable in this course of the year that states simply can't do. then you find the city is coming together another global environmental organizations exchanging best practices and you find
the u.s. did nothing. the u.n. did nothing. the mayor, the council and the citizens of los angeles did that and it's very different. in new york it's also not transportation. we don't compare it to places like phoenix and san diego used cars the way they do in the west. but here, the bulk of the carbon emissions come from buildings, poorly insulated, old, dark attracting the sun. so here the mayor has initiated a crucial round of trying to get better insulation in old buildings that are...
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the first u.s. team to reach 80 was dispatched to headquarters and after 10 hours of song, pulled out a bodyguard with minor injuries. other teams scoured the caribbean supermarket were with one spot or 10-dollar box of super an enormous effort targeted the collapse which had 200 people inside, mostly foreigners. general keane who was the head of the u.s. military response would quote the hotel montana one time at 16 alone because of the number of people trapped there. the places where ordinary people lived and worked, schools, stores, homes and offices, many with equally gasping members as i got far less attention. today's after the quake one hill over from the hotel montana, cnn's ivan watson watched a team of haitian restaurant tried to free an 11 year-old girl whose legs were pinned under concrete. they could reach a but they didn't have equipment to get her out. the buried child, ghostly with powdered concrete wailed for the crew. without blood for transfusion the amputation could killer. watso
the first u.s. team to reach 80 was dispatched to headquarters and after 10 hours of song, pulled out a bodyguard with minor injuries. other teams scoured the caribbean supermarket were with one spot or 10-dollar box of super an enormous effort targeted the collapse which had 200 people inside, mostly foreigners. general keane who was the head of the u.s. military response would quote the hotel montana one time at 16 alone because of the number of people trapped there. the places where ordinary...
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in addition, the only way the u.s. government can manage the deficit is because the federal reserve's ability to print on it. today the federal reserve couldn't print money. i don't think the u.s. -- he would not be creditworthy if you couldn't print money and that creates a huge temptation for politicians. i'm not the label discipline physical policy until he do with monetary policy. you have very specific areas to lead to the financial crisis. in the late 1990s, alan greenspan is head of the federal reserve, wanted to be a hero in us getting ready to retire and we had a minor correction. so greenspan wants to go on a good note city starts lowering interest rates, the effective printing money and he creates negative real interest rates. you can borrow turn on to criticize in the appreciation rate on housing, which invented a huge investment in housing and then right at the end of his term, greenspan realizes he's screwed up and he and his successors start raising interest rates rapidly and create something called an i
in addition, the only way the u.s. government can manage the deficit is because the federal reserve's ability to print on it. today the federal reserve couldn't print money. i don't think the u.s. -- he would not be creditworthy if you couldn't print money and that creates a huge temptation for politicians. i'm not the label discipline physical policy until he do with monetary policy. you have very specific areas to lead to the financial crisis. in the late 1990s, alan greenspan is head of the...
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sitting in the chamber of the u.s. house of representatives, listening to a heated debate, we ask that question about our republican colleagues. we usually thought the answer was, no. but if so, they were phenomenally good actors. their argumented made no sense to us. such well-worn phrases as tax cuts pay for themselves, will we'll be welcomed as libattors, climb change is improving and government-run health care doesn't work, were repeated over and over again republican arguments seem as incomprehensible to democrats were as much misguided to them. the free market principles they took as given conflicted with the information we took every day from our constituents and the economists we consulted. news speed media preoccupation with lack of civility missed the point. i traveled withcongressional members to afghan and enjoyed they're company. we worked out together in the house gym. still more socializing with each other would not have breached khasm. congress is crippled from making bipartisan, strategic, public polic
sitting in the chamber of the u.s. house of representatives, listening to a heated debate, we ask that question about our republican colleagues. we usually thought the answer was, no. but if so, they were phenomenally good actors. their argumented made no sense to us. such well-worn phrases as tax cuts pay for themselves, will we'll be welcomed as libattors, climb change is improving and government-run health care doesn't work, were repeated over and over again republican arguments seem as...
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the fact that the u.s. army and marine corps and other modern militaries including the french have to deal with the threat today is absolutely unsurprising. but i don't mean to suggest that absolutely nothing has changed over the course of the last 5,000 years. there have, in fact, been some significant changes. the biggest one has to do with the power of public opinion and propaganda. and this was something that was demonstrated in our very own war of independence. now, when we think of the american war of independence, we tend of think of battles like lexington and concord where the yankees slithered on their bellies and shot at the redcoats from behind trees and rocks in ways that the redcoats assumed to be ungentlemanly. now, these were, no doubt, effective tactics. but in the end what's striking to me about studying the american revolution is the extent to which it was decided not so much by what happened on the battlefield, but what actually happened in the house of parliament, in the commons in engla
the fact that the u.s. army and marine corps and other modern militaries including the french have to deal with the threat today is absolutely unsurprising. but i don't mean to suggest that absolutely nothing has changed over the course of the last 5,000 years. there have, in fact, been some significant changes. the biggest one has to do with the power of public opinion and propaganda. and this was something that was demonstrated in our very own war of independence. now, when we think of the...
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also u.s. presidents have things in common too. and when you're surrounded by that secret service every day and you're getting these reports every day, eventually that has to disappears that fear that you and i would all feel eventually becomes part of the job. and that's a good thing for me. so from obama to bush, that is a good thing. i think that fear does disappear, and i'm not sure i would do much better, but the details you see about the president in this week are base -- in this book are based on my interactions with bush and how e reacted. so when you see the president reacting here, it's obviously much better to be informed by a real person. .. fiction is its best when it has one foot in the gallery and in terms of the places, finally got to decamp david. i had never been to camp data before and i didn't even know it can't did it. the camp david of courts we have all heard of it but what is this place and what did they do their camp david has security that is better than the white house. what is going on there that they ha
also u.s. presidents have things in common too. and when you're surrounded by that secret service every day and you're getting these reports every day, eventually that has to disappears that fear that you and i would all feel eventually becomes part of the job. and that's a good thing for me. so from obama to bush, that is a good thing. i think that fear does disappear, and i'm not sure i would do much better, but the details you see about the president in this week are base -- in this book are...
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churchill knew that the u.s. would be at war and wanted to ensure that america would not concentrate on fighting japan first instead of fighting hitler in europe. churchill decided to travel to washington to meet with roosevelt and move into the white house for three week. was this the beginning of a special relationship? perhaps. now the british had a formidable ally. when churchill lived with roosevelt in the white house sharing every meal -- but not breakfast chair agreed to establish a combined chiefs of staff. military staff from each of the services book forth with their counterparts. , all policies and strategies would be shared between the two countries. seems to me these dinners were immensely important. they set up the structure that would prosecute the war to a successful conclusion. it's agreed by almost everyone at the roosevelt white house that the cook, not chef in those days -- was the worst cook in history. menus included chipped beef on toast with mushrooms, boiled broccoli, bavarian cream pie,
churchill knew that the u.s. would be at war and wanted to ensure that america would not concentrate on fighting japan first instead of fighting hitler in europe. churchill decided to travel to washington to meet with roosevelt and move into the white house for three week. was this the beginning of a special relationship? perhaps. now the british had a formidable ally. when churchill lived with roosevelt in the white house sharing every meal -- but not breakfast chair agreed to establish a...
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to keep cigars which the u.s. military tried to get away with giving, to arguments from generals and tea diet plans and suggestions from his wife. these were largely ignored, especially one that involves eating only tomatoes. as i dug into these materials, it became clear that for some of the churchill's great conversational skills and ability to create a congenial setting, mills had an advantage over most meetings. they could be as long as he liked them in the case of dinners could run into the wee hours for church gathers strength another's tired. his daughter mary had dinner conversations often became so extended that mealtime tended to prolong themselves into the afternoon or evening with months lasting sometimes until half past three. a cynical evening, let's say, the prime minister's country has to begin at 8:30 bush and the in the drawing room. cigars after the ladies were excused. when they rejoined the ladies 20 minutes or hats or later, a movie would be shown, even in wartime until about midnight when ch
to keep cigars which the u.s. military tried to get away with giving, to arguments from generals and tea diet plans and suggestions from his wife. these were largely ignored, especially one that involves eating only tomatoes. as i dug into these materials, it became clear that for some of the churchill's great conversational skills and ability to create a congenial setting, mills had an advantage over most meetings. they could be as long as he liked them in the case of dinners could run into...